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His head was turned by too great success.

Seneca the Younger

It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Light might People
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Fate Men Wish
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Country Emotion History People Person
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Numbers Peril Slavery
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Life Shortness Waste
Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Life Long Use
You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Escape Necessity Overcoming
Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anger Blow Thinking
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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Crime Men Require Wisdom Wise
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Emotion Matter More Person
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Death Dying Wonder
There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Courage Men World
Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Inhuman Revenge World
If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Desire Judge Persuade Sin
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise

His head was turned by too great success.

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